Challenger Shuttle Mission 5: STS-41-C

5th Challenger mission 11th space shuttle mission

 

Mrs. Thomas and Mr. Thornton's classes learned about Challenger Shuttle's fifth mission.

Mrs. Thomas' Class Estrella Alvarez-King, Blake Barnes, Wesley Brown, Aaron Carey, Jenna Dew, Jacob Dick, Jocelyn Farfan-Meza, Brooke Francis, Jose Gonzalez, Paige Hernandez, Michael Hubscher, Kara Jones, Kaden Kim, Emily Kwasigroh, Austin Lindbom, Samuel O'Halloran, Brayden Peck, Riley Roberts, Emily Searles, Lauren Todd, Joshua Whitener	Mr. Thornton's Class Hannah Barkley, Brody Bell, Jack Bilderback, Chase Childers, Nalani Coates, Kylie Copeland, Lucy Cottingham, Eli Dix, Moses Frye, Ana Lara, Andy Lin, Lillian Maxfield, Jonah Nikonchuk, Suyash Ojha, Jacob Patten, Damaris Ramos-Serrano, Natalie Rodriguez, Evan Sexton, Ella Rose Thackston, Zachary Tucker, Lillian Williams

Start of Mission: April 6, 1984 at 8:58:00 am, Kennedy Space Center, Florida

End of Mission: April 13, 1984 at 5:38:07 am, Edwards Air Force Base, California

Mission duration: 6 days, 23 hours, 40 minutes, 7 seconds

Distance traveled: 2.9 million miles

Orbits of Earth: 108

Crew Size: 5

Commander: Robert L. Crippen Pilot: Francis R. Scobee Mission Specialist 1: Donald H. Peterson Mission Specialist 2: F. Story Musgrave Mission Specialist 3: Terry J. Hart

Astronaut Bios: http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/

Space walks: 2
Space walk duration: 10 hours, 6 minutes
First: 2 hours, 59 minutes
Second: 7 hours, 7 minutes

Wake Up calls:

NASA began a tradition of playing music to astronauts during the Gemini program, and first used music to wake up a flight crew during Apollo 15. Each track is specially chosen, often by the astronauts’ families, and usually has a special meaning to the individual member of the crew, or is applicable to their daily activities.

Flight Day	Song	Artist/Composer
Day 2	"A Boy Named Sue"	Johnny Cash
Day 3	"Fight for California" "Lehigh University Fight Song"
Day 4	Unidentified
Day 5	"Theme from Rocky"	Bill Conti
Day 6	Unidentified
Day 7	None
Day 8	"University of Texas Fight Song"

Interesting Facts:

·         First repair of a satellite in space (Solar Maximum Mission satellite)

·         Filmed scenes for IMAX movie “The Dream Is Alive" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brt4rfRQe6E

·         Experiment: Can honeybees make honeycomb in zero gravity?

Videos:

Launch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Att2kOT-kAk

Launch and Landing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qdyq_KXO_Rc

Post Flight Presentation: http://www.nss.org/resources/library/shuttlevideos/shuttle11.htm